Bench Memos

Justice Malaprop?

Judge Sotomayor says “eminent” when she means “imminent,” “providence” instead of “province,” “story of knowledge” instead of “store of knowledge,” and so on.  Does the fact that she is a Latina immunize her from attention to that sort of (admittedly not uncommon) foible?

Ed Whelan holds the Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is a regular contributor to National Review’s Bench Memos blog.
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